The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-18
THEMES FROM THEPULPIT
THE RELIGIOUS AWAKENING
AMONG THE CHURCHES.

Story of His Conversion at Trinity
The Meetings at the First Presbyte-
rian Church.
Rev. John w. Domingos preached at Yves
ley Monumental church yesterday morning
and last night to congregations that crowded
every available part of the church. After
the opening services of song and prayer III
the morning Rev L. B. Payne, agent and
superintendent of the Orphans Home at Ma
con, made few statements and touching
appeal to the congregation for help to re-
build the Home which was recently burned,
and to provide for the fifty children now on
| hand and for many others who are almost
| constantly seeking admission. Cards were
| distributed through the congregation and
| over 500 were raised.
The pastor announced that services would
| be continued through the week-evely
| morning at 10 o'clock and every evening
| at g.
Rev. Mr. Domingos announced as his text
Matthew xvii, Is, and preached on the
| TRANSPORTATION of Jesus.
Six DAYS prior to the TRANSPORTATION
scene, he began, Jesus had privately ques-
| toned the disciples about whom the people
| thought he was, and had drawn from Peter
| a confession of faith in his divinity. Where
| and how those six intervening days were
spent, he continued, we are not informed.
| How many sick were healed and how many
| sorrowing ones were comforted, and how
many sinners were pardoned, we do not
know and dare not guess. But ''six days
AFTER Jesus taketh with him, Peter, James
and John into high mountain, and was
TRANSPORTED before them.
WITNESSES OF GREAT SCENE.
There was a provision in their ancient and
| divine law requiring that important facts
must be attended by two or three witnesses.
This requirement was in this case fully met.
| And how appropriate that He should select
these men; they were among his first discl-
| pies, and therefore presumably the best In
| structed And in the basty impetuous, i'm
preside Peter; and the cool, deliberate,
calculating James; and the gentle, confiding,
/ loving John, were combined all the neces-
| sary traits of character to prepare them
| for full reception and an honest
transfer of all the lessons intended to
be taught in this scene. These constituted
sort of inner circle of the Saviour's special
| friends They only were permitted to be
present at the raising of JairuS' daughter,
| and on this wonderful occasion on that
mountain and i'll the garden during His
agony. And how BETTING that the wit
neSses of His agony should have been the
witnesses of His TRANSPORTATION. And how
well the glories OF this scene would fit them
| to bear the sorrows OF the others.
| The preacher spoke of the brightness of
| the Saviour's face There was nothing"
he said. so novel in the fact-the mere fact
| that His face shone. The face of Esau
| doubtless shone when Jacob said he saw his
! face, as it had been the face of God. Moses
| face had also shone when he came down
| from the mountain from the presence of
| God, and had to veil his face for the people
to bear his presence. And the face of
| Stephen shone, when he went to heaven
that day through a shower Of stones. 1t
| shone as it had been the face of an angel.
THE sAvIoUR's FACE
| And you and l. the preacher said. have
| often seeli Christian faces wonderfully
lighted up when God, who commanded
the light to shine out of darkness, shines in
their hearts, to give the light of the knowl-
edge of the glory of God in the face of
Jesus Christ
"And his garments were bathed in
| dazzling white. When Daniel beheld him
as the ancient Of DAYS his head and garments
were white, and John saw him in the vision
his head and hairs were white as wool and
his garments white as the light, and his eye
shined like fire. The disciples had been
| with him for three years, and had seen in
| him the man of sorrows and heard his
wonderful words But they have never
| seen the like of this before.
| The preacher spoke briefly of the wonder
| full life and character of Moses and Elijah,
| both of whom were there. And he stated
| that this was the most wonderful conference
on record There the ages, the dispensa-
| tons and the worlds were met in high con-
| ference, with Jesus for their president. And
the great question of that conference was
the question Of redemption; for Luke tells us
! they spake of his deceaSe, which he should
accomplish at Jerusalem. Moses and Elijah
were delegates from the white clad throng
in the eternal world, and Peter, James and
John were delegates elected by the Lord
from this side of the grave"
LESSONS FROM THE TEXT.
Numerous and instructive lessons are here
suggested, the preacher continued The ex-
| istence of departed are in another state The
question Job propounded long ago has re-
manned unsettled in many minds: IF a man
| die, shall he live again" The SaduceeS had
answered negatively. But here stands
Moses in their presence; a demonstration to
them and us that our loved ones buried still
| live.
A resurrection-The appearance of Moses
| is a suggestion, if not an illustration, of the
resurrection power.
The change that should pass on the resIr-
rection body-Moses and Elijah appeared
with him in glory" and how brilliant
must have been that glory TO be even dis
cerned in the presence Of the magnificent
splendor of that occasion.
Heavenly recognition - The speaker
touched upon the idea of heavenly
recognition. There were two persons
living 800 years apart in this world
contemporary i'll heaven, and companions
in glory, and somehow Peter, James and
John knew them 70 be Moses and Elijah
Superiority OF the Christian dispensation
Moses and Elijah are there TO lay these
honors at the Saviour's feet, and confess him
the end Of the law and the burden of the
prophecies.
HIS sonship divinely attested-From
the bright cloud and excellent glory
that oveTshadOweh them came the voice Of
God, speaking ont in direct and certain
| tones: This is my beloved son, in whom l
am well pleased, hear We him.
At the close Oh the services quite n mum
Der asked for prayer. Last night Mr.
DomingOs preached on Isaiah l., IS Come
now and let us reason together saith the
Lord; aud though your sins be as scarlet
they shall be as white as snow; though they
be rcd like crimson, they shall be as wool
There was quite u crowd present, and at the
close of the sermon some fifty persons asked
for prayer.
Sam Smalrs Conversion.